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Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This oak-sweetgum bottomland forest is found in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas and possibly Arkansas. <i>Quercus phellos</i> strongly dominates the overstory, with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. Other canopy and subcanopy trees include <i>Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Quercus nigra, Quercus lyrata, Ostrya virginiana, Ulmus americana</i>, and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>. The midstory is dominated by <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>, followed closely by <i>Fraxinus caroliniana, Ilex decidua</i>, and individuals of species present in the overstory. The understory contains species typical of bottomland habitats in the region including <i>Sebastiania fruticosa, Campsis radicans, Justicia ovata, Bignonia capreolata, Lysimachia lanceolata, Carex louisianica, Carex tribuloides, </i><i>Ampelopsis arborea</i>, and <i>Brunnichia ovata</i>. <i>Lysimachia radicans</i> is a frequent species in the ground layer. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33360.CEGL007370
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Common: West Gulf Coastal Plain Willow Oak Bottomland Forest
  Translated: Willow Oak - Sweetgum / Possum-haw - American Hornbeam / Trailing Yellow Loosestrife Forest
  Scientific: Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Forest
  Code: CEGL007370